Year Number of People 1800 1010000 1820 1010000 1950 2416000 1951 2464000 1952 2514000 1953 2567000 1954 2623000 1955 2684000 1956 2749000 1957 2818000 1958 2891000 1959 2968000 1960 3048000 1961 3131000 1962 3217000 1963 3307000 1964 3403000 1965 3505000 1966 3612000 1967 3725000 1968 3844000 1969 3967000 1970 4096000 1971 4231000 1972 4371000 1973 4513000 1974 4652000 1975 4786000 1976 4912000 1977 5034000 1978 5154000 1979 5279000 1980 5414000 1981 5559000 1982 5715000 1983 5879000 1984 6052000 1985 6232000 1986 6420000 1987 6616000 1988 6818000 1989 7027000 1990 7242000 1991 7462000 1992 7687000 1993 7915000 1994 8143000 1995 8369000 1996 8592000 1997 8813000 1998 9035000 1999 9265000 2000 9506000 2001 9759000 2002 10020000 2003 10300000 2004 10580000 2005 10870000 2006 11170000 2007 11470000 2008 11790000 2009 12110000 2010 12430000 2011 12770000 2012 13110000 2013 13450000 2050 28610000 2100 44070000